Habit is a second nature that destroys the first. But what is nature? Why is habit not natural? I am very much afraid that nature itself is only a first habit, just as habit is a second nature.

Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible.

Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.

It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom.

Rigid, the skeleton of habit alone upholds the human frame.

Feeling sorry for yourself, and you present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.

Habit is second nature.

If an idiot were to tell you the same story every day for a year, you would end by believing it.

Man is occasionally what he should be perpetually.

We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.